Learn Turkish: Antrenör tartılmayı önerdiği halde tartılmıyor. - Even though the coach suggested getting weighed, he is not getting weighed.

This uses the concessive structure you are currently learning: verb + -dik + possessive + halde. The root is önermek (to suggest). We add the participle -dik (which softens to -diğ-) and the 3rd person singular possessive -i because the coach (antrenör) is the one doing the suggesting. Adding halde gives it the "even though" or "despite the fact that" meaning.

Why is there a -yı at the end of tartılmayı?

The verb önermek (to suggest) requires its object to take the accusative case (the "specific direct object" marker). First, we turn the verb "to get weighed" into a noun using the short infinitive -ma, creating tartılma. Then, we add the accusative suffix -yı to make it tartılmayı, marking it as the specific action being suggested.

I know tartmak means "to weigh". What does the -ıl do in tartılmıyor?

The -ıl suffix makes the verb passive or reflexive. While tartmak means to weigh an object (like weighing fruit), tartılmak means "to be weighed" or "to weigh oneself." In this sentence, it refers to a person stepping on the scale.

How do we know who is suggesting and who is refusing to get weighed?